Rumor: Next Nintendo DS Has nVidia Tegra
By Benjamin Opal
Nintendo will reportedly cozy up to chip maker Nvidia and put the Tegra system-on-a-chip in the next Nintendo DS, though the console maker has already dismissed the story as “rumor and speculation.” BSN reports that Nintendo has been working a next-generation handheld, and plans to launch it in late 2010. The Tegra chip, which is currently seen in Microsoft’s Zune HD media player and Samsung’s BeatPlayer M1, would allow for better graphics and more processing power, opening the door to more advanced handheld gaming. This news sounds more interesting than it actually is; whenever Nintendo does introduce a new handheld, the extra features it introduces beyond the existing consoles will prove more important than the chip on the inside. [BSN via PC World]
